Vix Thompson MA. RDMP.
Body and Movement Informed Psychotherapist and Clinical Supervisor
If you’re feeling overwhelmed, emotionally stuck or exhausted from holding it all together, you’re not alone.
At Moving and Being, whatever you are struggling with, we create a space where your body is invited into the conversation. We use traditional talking psychotherapy alongside a neurobiological approach, using simple, accessible movement and body / mind practices that help to reset and regulate the nervous system. This is therapy that moves with you, at your pace, in your way and I offer a safe and affirming space to explore your understanding of yourself through compassionate, respectful and embodied enquiry.
I offer online and in person sessions in the Hastings / East Sussex area and I work with a wide range of people from 18 and upwards. I welcome LGBTQIA+, trans and non binary people, people of colour, neurodivergent identifying people (no certification required), people with disabilities, and sensory impaired people.
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What I offer
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As with traditional psychotherapy, your story is where we start and only when you feel ready, I sensitively help you to gently turn your attention inward. We slow down. We become quiet. Together, we begin to notice the subtle language of your body—the breath, a gesture, or a shift in tension.
Over time, this "quieting" allows your nervous system to regulate, transforming discomfort into a sense of ease, vitality, and a newfound flow in your daily life.
I work with adults 18+ and welcome LGBTQI+, POC, ADHD, ASD, people living with sensory impairments (sight / hearing / speech ), disability and I work with low mood, overwhelm, stress, anxiety, childhood trauma, family estrangement, sexual abuse, eating disorders, relationship issues, panic attacks, grief, loss, reproductive issues, body issues, chronic health conditions.
I offer in person sessions at The Wellington Centre and Hasting’s Therapy Centre.
I offer short and long term therapeutic processes starting from 6 sessions to a more open ended process.
Sessions start at £65 and I offer concessions for those unable to work on low income.
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For Counsellors, Creative Arts Therapists and Psychotherapists and anyone who works with human relationships in their working practice.
Having a safe, confidential space in which to reflect can transform your practice. I offer creative and embodied tools to help you to orientate yourself in the complexity of human relationships and organisational systems.
My areas of expertise are in trauma, particularly with c/y/p in education settings, main stream and SEN and adult identifying women, migrants, L:GBTQI+.
I have 12 years post qualifying clinical experience and a Diploma in supervision (UKCP approved) from the London Centre for Psychodrama. I receive regular supervision from a senior supervisor and my practice abides by the UKCP and ADMPUK code of ethics.
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I have a background in dance and somatic practices and have performed internationally as a dancer and as a circus performer. I used my movement and non verbal communication skills to work at the intersection of arts and health in hospitals and hospices, as well as in education settings and colleges. I continue to dance and to maintain my own movement and creative practice.
My qualifications :
Diploma in Clinical Supervision. London School of Psychodrama. 2020 - 21
MA Dance Movement Psychotherapy. Roehampton University 2006 -09
Post Graduate Certificate Creative Arts Therapy. Roehampton University 2004-05
Current Workshops
Embodied Practice Group
Fridays 12 - 1.30pm at The Humble Hub, St Leonard’s on Sea.
This is a creative / practice space (not a class) run by and for people with an existing embodied practice (dance / movement / body work ). Click here for more info.
